Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Atmosphere

MD Shupe, M Rex, B Blomquist, POG Persson… - Elem Sci …, 2022 - online.ucpress.edu
With the Arctic rapidly changing, the needs to observe, understand, and model the changes
are essential. To support these needs, an annual cycle of observations of atmospheric …

Continuous observations of the surface energy budget and meteorology over the Arctic sea ice during MOSAiC

CJ Cox, MR Gallagher, MD Shupe, POG Persson… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC)
was a yearlong expedition supported by the icebreaker R/V Polarstern, following the …

A central arctic extreme aerosol event triggered by a warm air-mass intrusion

L Dada, H Angot, I Beck, A Baccarini… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Frequency and intensity of warm and moist air-mass intrusions into the Arctic have
increased over the past decades and have been related to sea ice melt. During our year …

Thermodynamic and dynamic contributions to seasonal Arctic sea ice thickness distributions from airborne observations

L von Albedyll, S Hendricks, R Grodofzig… - Elem Sci …, 2022 - online.ucpress.edu
Sea ice thickness is a key parameter in the polar climate and ecosystem. Thermodynamic
and dynamic processes alter the sea ice thickness. The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory …

An overview of the vertical structure of the atmospheric boundary layer in the central Arctic during MOSAiC

GC Jozef, JJ Cassano, S Dahlke, M Dice… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
Observations collected during the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic
Climate (MOSAiC) provide an annual cycle of the vertical thermodynamic and kinematic …

Spatiotemporal evolution of melt ponds on Arctic sea ice: MOSAiC observations and model results

MA Webster, M Holland, NC Wright, S Hendricks… - Elem Sci …, 2022 - online.ucpress.edu
Melt ponds on sea ice play an important role in the Arctic climate system. Their presence
alters the partitioning of solar radiation: decreasing reflection, increasing absorption and …

Arctic sea ice albedo: Spectral composition, spatial heterogeneity, and temporal evolution observed during the MOSAiC drift

B Light, MM Smith, DK Perovich, MA Webster… - Elem Sci …, 2022 - online.ucpress.edu
The magnitude, spectral composition, and variability of the Arctic sea ice surface albedo are
key to understanding and numerically simulating Earth's shortwave energy budget. Spectral …

Seasonality and timing of sea ice mass balance and heat fluxes in the Arctic transpolar drift during 2019–2020

R Lei, B Cheng, M Hoppmann, F Zhang, G Zuo… - Elem Sci …, 2022 - online.ucpress.edu
Sea ice growth and decay are critical processes in the Arctic climate system, but
comprehensive observations are very sparse. We analyzed data from 23 sea ice mass …

Helicopter-borne RGB orthomosaics and photogrammetric digital elevation models from the MOSAiC Expedition

N Neckel, N Fuchs, G Birnbaum, N Hutter, A Jutila… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC)
expedition took place between October 2019 and September 2020 giving the rare …

A full year of aerosol size distribution data from the central Arctic under an extreme positive Arctic Oscillation: insights from the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for …

M Boyer, D Aliaga, JB Pernov, H Angot… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
The Arctic environment is rapidly changing due to accelerated warming in the region. The
warming trend is driving a decline in sea ice extent, which thereby enhances feedback loops …